In paula hancocks. Paula, the fifth Nuclear Test North Korea appears to have conducted and the most powerful one and coming on the heels of President Obamas visit to asia. Reporter thats right. The timing certainly is interesting, john. The fact is north korea announced on staterun television saying they successfully tested the Nuclear Warhead and they can put that on any one of the Ballistic Missiles. It is impossible for the world to verify that specifically in washington and seoul and tokyo. In the past hour, there has been an intelligence briefing for lawmakers here in seoul. They have said they believe north koreas goal is to mount a Nuclear Warhead on a scud missile. Remember 28,000 u. S. Troops in south korea are here now. This is going much quicker than expected. Intelligence says north korea has advanced quicker than expected. There is large interest around the world in china and japan and russia condemning the nuclear test. It shows that kim jongun is determined to forge ahea
hold, the past several nights, the question, is what happens? next we are all looking to a summit that is going to be held in neighboring, nigeria, in abuja, tomorrow. held by the nigerian president, bringing together regional leaders to try to look for a way forward. the expectation is they will call on the military leaders here to let the president go and to stop this attempt at a coup, when zinhle. you have reported on this, i ve reported on the coups that the region has seen in the last 24 months. i appreciate you being careful with your words because we re calling this an apparent coup. if the u.s. government determines this was in fact, a coup, the situation is obviously chaotic. their what are the implications for future u.s. presence in the country? that is. right so to an outside observer, and probably for the next legal scholars, the president was pushed out. there is probably somebody in military on state run television,
the british government responded swiftly to his execution. the prime minister calling it a callous act , by a barbaric regime . we take this incredibly seriously. and of course, we will make sure that we respond to deter any further actions like this being taken by the iranian government. there s been an outcry from uk allies over the killing. the us called it sickening . emmanuel macron said it was a barbaric act . and germany described it as inhumane . this was the grim prelude to the execution a long, edited video on state run television last week, in which alireza akbari appears to confess to working for the uk. but in an audio recording from jail, obtained by bbc persian, he spoke of the pressure he was put under and accuses iran of trying to take revenge on britain. translation: they tortured me for 3,500 hours. - they broke my will, drove me to madness and forced me to do
the british government responded swiftly to his execution. the prime minister calling it a callous act by a barbaric regime . we take this incredibly seriously and of course, we will make sure that we respond to deter any further actions like this being taken by the iranian government. there s been an outcry from uk allies over the killing. the us called it sickening, emmanuel macron said it was a barbaric act, and germany described it as inhumane . this was the grim prelude to the execution a long, edited video on state run television last week in which alireza akbari appears to confess to working for the uk. but in an audio recording from jail, obtained by bbc persian, he spoke of the pressure he was put under and accuses iran of trying to take revenge on britain. translation: they tortured me for 3,500 hours. - they broke my will, drove me to madness and forced me to do whatever they wanted.
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